Rotary slide valve



sept. 22, 1931.

w. 'sPlEsER ROTARY SLIDE VALVE Filed May 11,. 1927 ratus to control said chamber.

Patented Sept. 22, 1931 WALTER srnsnrgor zunicmswmlsnnnnnn i j yROTARY jsmnn-vAnvE Application inea May1`1;1927, seria1.no. 190,443,5ana in switzerland-May v12, 192s.

This'invention-relates to improvements in rotary valves' of that type in which the valve member is provided ,withva sealing or packing surface subjected to ,considerablexpres-V because of the amount of the pressure fall- V ing upon the sealing or packing surfaces,

hence the reason for using some type of Vpressure balancing or relief means. The'use @15.l of such pressure balancing or relief means complicates the structure by requiring a special chamber of annular or circular area, formed bya movable ring or plate and a projection therefrom and a steering appa- The use of such balancing or reliefmeans also materially increases the price of the valve and reduces its reliability, as during the control of the valve the balanced sealing or packing surface is exposed to the eddies of the liquid stream which causes heavily destructive vibrations of the movable plate or ring.

It is the object ofv my invention to provide a valve which dispenses not only with.

the use of the annular chamber mentioned above, but also with any complex balancing or relief constructions, and which valve will close tightly against any pressure and` yet may be easily moved to open position.

An embodiment of the invention is shown, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a central section through va valve, omitting a part of the valvecasing,

-. D embodying one form of my invention;

FigureQ is a fragmentary sectional view showing the `arrangement of the packing means.

Referring to the drawings, l designates the spherical valve bodyv provided with in c take and outlet ports 1a and 1b and contain. ing the rotary valve member 2 provided with journals 3 and 3a mounted in bearings o 2% and 2b at diametrically opposite sides of the valve body. The journal `3 is longer `the, present invention, f

The bearing' is usually packed or of stuffing box `struc- .ture in order to prevent leakage. ThisV packing or stuiingbox feature I have not shown, as it,{perse, constitutes no part Vof The valve member-2 is provided with a projection 4 which carries a .sealing means .comprisinga carrier ring 8 and a clamping :ring @suitably-secured thereto; axially movable packing member or ring 6 is .heref clamped at `its inner edge between said rings nandthefouter face of itsnfree portion is propl erly lformed to engage the packingl ring` 7,

lxedly .mounted at' the side of the casing 'provided with the port to be controlled.A `v' lhel innerfacefofsaid free portion of ring 6 is fbeveled 'or inclined to'engage aicombined Vbacking and packing ring 10 held in a groove inthe apart8 g The rings 6 land ,7 are of restricted width orvcross-sectional area-andi theirr contactsurfaces form a spherical zone with center in the intersection-'ofthe axis of' thecasingl with the rotary axleof the f valve member 2. .Thering 6 has a relative axial movement, i. e., movement in the direc F ,tionstowardv and from the ring '7. By this movement the ring 6 is adapted to adjust itself to theisurface ofring 7 and tothe backing 10 so1 that a secure sealing engagement will be effected; 1- u It may bejobse'rved that by the structure disclosed-.the closure member 6 in-the'closed positionofvthe valve is partially subjected ...tol balancing pressure froml its outer edge up to the line wherel the .contact between the I rings 6;l and7` will be effected. This line may be ixedin Fig. l ofthe drawings by theouter kof the dotted linesa-fa, while the cross-sectionall range 1f-,a itself enclose's that part` of the, movable ring 6' which'in the `closed-posi-l 9 tion Lofi, the .valve fis, directly exposedl to the g full pressureV ofthe iiuid. As can be easily determined, said range a-vcan be optionall:y..chosen' hyy a suitable adesignv of ring 1 Yalld-will beiso,A measured that a perfect tight- Vthan the journala and extends to the ex- Vteriorfofjthe valveY body for the connection therewith of, a valve operating handle- `or other,v operating means. through which this longer journal extends.

' a-m will be very small in comparison with the full-pipe line area, and therefore the pressure of the fluid in the shut valve falls mainly upon thevalve member 2 and hence will be removed from the packing and transferred to the journals 3 and 3. y

To choose a localized and reduced pres? sure on the movable ring 6 suilicient for an, eiicient sealing action by suitable adjusting of the cross-sectional range a-a, thefininimum total pressure required for that pur pose must be known. Every manufacturer of slide valves knows for each pipe line diameter the minimum specific pressure suflicient to press the valve plate tight against Athecasing, ipe., he knows the total pressure required and so it is prossibleto calculate the range a'a for each pipeline diameter and specific pipe line pressure.

tion much easier and its reliability greater. i

Having thus described my invention, l claim:

A rotary valve comprising a casing, a` V`valveJ member in the casing, and packing rings of comparatively small cross-sectional .area-cn this valve and casing, 4one of said rings being axially movable relativelyto the other for asealing action, under pressure, a

part of the area ofv said movable ring being in closed position of` the valve ,stillA directly lexposed. to the iiuidpressure, that part being a proportion ofV the full pressure bearing area of the valve sufficiently great to secure It is evident that in the disclosed struc `a perfectly tight closure of the valve.

ture the pressure applied tothev ring 6 is' that proportion only fromfthe total 'pipe line pressure which its effective area a-a bears inproportion to the full pressure bearing area: g ,Y I

vThe whole remainder ofthe pipe line pressure is sustained by the valve member 2 and transferrecl` to its Vjournals '3 VVand Bafvvhich have-compared with" ring -not only a very smaller moment of resistance, but as well a remarkably reduced coeilicent of fric ation, so that the control of the valve will beV made exceedingly easier. Inthe described design an easier control is reached without the'ne'cessity of using any other balancing or pressure reliefmean'sf It will thus be seen that, the embodi--Y ment disclosed, a sealing connection between the port toV be controlled and the movable valve member is provided in which a packing ring' is employed which is axially movable, independent of the movement of the In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

- WVALTER SPIESER.

valve, so that it willbe self-adjusting to its i seat against the' opposed packing member, whereby a highly eiiicient type of sealing connection is produced. At the Sametime it will be seen that the sealing .means are constantly balanced with respect to the pressures with the exceptionduring theV closed 'position of the valve-of a localized region confined to apart of the cross-sectional area of the axially movable packing ring, so that, while a tight sealing connection is secured Ywhen the valve is closed no binding 'of the valve can takeplace as a result of excessive pressure upon the 'sealing' means and the valve, therefore7 is adapted to be opened and closed with ease and acility.- `The construc-Y k tion 'is such that the pressure 'directlyap-j plied 'to the axiallymov'able packing ring portion tothe full area of the flu-id, so that lilo 

